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1875-1927

James E. Kwegyir Aggrey

… and clergyman, and one of the most eminent Africans of his day, he was a prime mover in the formation of the … Council of Europeans and Africans in 1921…

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1954

Themba Daniel Mbongwa

… and spent time making art objects.  He continued with his primary education at Mkhomazi on the Natal South Coast … objects. He attended the Mzuzu H.P. School…

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Jonathan Ngwenya

… Col Jonathan Ngwenya received his basic military training as APLA activist in Conakry, Guinea in 1977. He completed his Instructor Course at Kwame Nkrumah…

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1929

Selby Themba Ngendane

… He was considered a playboy by some who knew him, but his life style concealed a strong dedication to political … emergency , he was sentenced to two years…

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1931-2015

Reggie Vandeyar

… was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was originally from India, who had come to South Africa to seek fortune.  His parents…

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1952

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

… for 11 months under section 6 of the Terrorism Act. On his release he joined the Black People’ Convention (BPC) , … six months and this time held at John…

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1950

Siphiwe Nyanda

… in Soweto and Orlando West High School where he completed his junior certificate. He matriculated from Orlando High … in 1971 for a minor misdemeanor. He…

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1929-2017

Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada

… Singh, Mrs Cissie Gool , M.D. Naidoo and others. This was his first jail sentence for civil disobedience.Kathrada was a … University of the Witwatersrand …

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1926-2008

Nzimeni Elliot Mfaxa

… for a short time and worked as clerk but devoted much of his time to organizing for the ANC and the Cape Youth League, … sentenced to 9 months for…

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1956

Dikobe Ben Martins

… Ben Martins is popularly known as Dikobe Ben Martins. His poetry anthologies ‘baptism of fire (1984) and ‘prison … Ad Donker press are published under name…

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1921-2015

Norman Stewart Middleton

… world football body, Fifa, in Frankfurt in Germany. He and his fellow leaders in the SASF had earlier made … as to why Fasa should be expelled. He had…

B-0099734

1980

Mmusi Aloysias Maimane

… University, Wales, with a Masters in Theology. Maimane ran his own business management consultancy and lectured at the … Opposition in Johannesburg. Maimane,…

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1956

Chris Ledochowski

… non racial boarding school in Swaziland . After completing his O and A Level Cambridge Certificates, Ledochowski … of Cape Town (UCT) where he majored in…

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1879-1935

Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos

… the end of 1912 Botha dismissed  J B M Hertzog  from his cabinet and Roos protested by demonstrating at the statue … realised that without the Unionist Party…

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1911-2004

Freda Levson

… in 1946 when she assisted the Reverend Michael Scott in his pioneering international campaign against South Africa. She took his dossier on the plight of the…

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1873-1905

Enoch Mankayi Sontonga

… for nearly eight years.   Sontonga was the choirmaster at his school, as well as an amateur photographer. He married … and productive poet and, on occasions,…

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1923-2013

Reginald (Reggie) September

… School and then Trafalgar High School in Cape Town where his opposition to white racism was formed by his teachers who encouraged political debate on the…

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1939-2013

Pius Nkonzo Langa

… factory until 1960. During this period he enrolled for his high school education which he financed through private … a B Iuris in 1973 and three years later…

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1955-2016

Emile Maurice

… Born in 1955 and based most of his life in Cape Town, Emile Maurice was an artist, curator, … Town in 1977 and then went to the USA where he obtained his MA…

B-0121732

1953

Vukile Ntuli

… in the uBombo district, northern Zululand. He received his primary school education at the Ndaleni Practising … 1972 - 1975 at the Dlangezwa High School…

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1968

DJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)

… the residents there were forcibly removed. Ready D and his family would be moved to Lentegeur, Mitchell’s Plain towards the end of the forced removals period…

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1932-2007

Sydney Sipho Sepamla

… Sydney Sipho Sepamla spent most of his life in Soweto, the enormous township southwest of … Sepamla from the other poets, however, is that his work is not…

B-0068943

1963

David Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane

… completing Matric. Looking at books and magazines inspired his first drawings, which he cultivated without formal … The art schools where he sought admission…

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1907-1995

Professor Harold Jack Simons

… from teaching, he left South Africa in 1965. David Welsh, his successor at the University of Cape Town and an activist … expressed the admiration of former…

B-0009059

1977

Benedict ‘Bennie’ Saul McCarthy

… Saul McCarthy was born in Cape Town in November 12, 1977. His soccer career began with the Cape Town based club, Cape Town Spurs. He made his first national…

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1929-2008

Billy Nair

… months for a dairy, but was fired in 1950 as a result of his trade union activities. In 1951 he became the full time … political awareness was fired by…

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1933-2009

Anton Ndoda Xaba

… nine years each. He was released from prison in 1973. Upon his release he participated actively in the revival of the … end to apartheid. Mandela requested…

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1798-1853

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius

… teachers and became an eloquent speaker and writer in his later life. By 1837 he still lived in Graaff Reinet and … is known today. He only returned to…

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1874-1965

Richard Feetham

… born on 22 November 1874, Penrhos Monmouthshire, England. His father was the Reverend William Feetham, Vicar of Penrhos, Raglan, England and his mother, Mary…

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1938-2002

Stephen Vukile Tshwete

… parents felt that education was very important, and his mother taught him to write in the evenings before he even … six he received a bursary, which allowed…

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